In our finery

The shortlist for the 2009 APA Book Design Awards is out and we Onions are quietly pleased, and particularly proud of our Bruno. Here's what we have on the list:

Best Designed Children's Picture Book
Special Kev by Chris Mckimmie
(design by Chris McKimmie)
Peka Boo: The Smallest Bird in All the World by Eliza Feely
(design by author Eliza Feely & Bruno Herfst)

Best Designed Young Adult Book
Screw Loose by Chris Wheat
(design by Bruno Herfst)

And from the Mothership:

Best Designed General Fiction Book
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
(design by Tabitha King)

Best Designed General Illustrated Book
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights by Michael Streich
(design by author Michel Streich)

Best Designed Literary Fiction Book
One Foot Wrong by Sophie Laguna
(design by Gayna Murphy)

WOOT!